Chapter 595: Heart of Stone
Chapter 595: Heart of Stone
The location of Shi Xin’s ten-person conference room is naturally still in the company, but it is in another large conference room outside the company building.
"Why not in the company?" An Ming was puzzled. Could it be that they simply had enough credit points and each department had an independent meeting room?
If that were the case, he would really criticize the capitalist company severely. With so many credit points to spend, why not use them to buy gifts for his novels?
"The ten-person meeting room in Stone Heart is quite special, and it is also an area that Diamond has specially applied for," Topa actually felt a little emotional. Usually the ten-person meetings in Stone Heart are held online, and most of the time not even everyone is present. As for the cases where people come to the meeting room in person, it is very rare.
Opal was probably the only one who would often be in the meeting room. Most of the matters he was responsible for were related to Diamond. He was also responsible for conveying Diamond's opinions to the other ten Stonehearts. He could be said to be a key figure.
"I just caused a big scene at the company, and now I have to go back as if nothing happened..." Hanabi muttered softly. This feeling was really exciting and in line with her style as a fool.
It’s a pity that before leaving the company last night, An Ming directly pulled her away, and there was no time to throw another bomb and put on a fireworks show.
In fact, An Ming's approach is really the best solution. After all, even the company's employees are not aware of the company's underground secrets, and the wanted notice can be issued secretly. If there is a big commotion, the company will definitely search with all its strength.
The current situation is that although the consequences of exposing the underground secret are very serious, as long as An Ming doesn't say anything, the company doesn't need to worry and can investigate it slowly.
In short, it was this kind of mysterious tacit understanding that caused a matter that should have been dealt with seriously to inexplicably turn into an underground secret wanted warrant. Even if An Ming continued to stay in Pierpoint, it was likely that nothing would happen to him.
After all, even if they were to investigate, the company would never give priority to investigating distinguished guests from the family. Moreover, they were under the surveillance of the Sky Eye during the visit yesterday and did not do anything bad at all.
"An Ming, you are here."
In front of the conference room door, Long Jing's eyes seemed to say, "You are here after all," "Please come in," she did not say anything else, because under the Sky Eye, any words could be monitored, so it would be better to wait until inside the conference room to be on the safe side.
But she didn't know that the fireworks beside An Ming had already opened the field out of habit, but at this moment they just automatically replaced the content of the conversation with irrelevant things.
Compared to Silver Wolf who needs electronic devices as a medium, Hanabi can do many things by using only the spiritual realm, especially in situations where direct combat is not required.
To put it bluntly, even if Hua Huo was about to knock An Ming out on the street, passers-by would definitely not be able to notice.
Of course, Hanabi wouldn't do that, she preferred to enjoy Anming when they were alone.
The door of the conference room slowly opened, revealing a simple and clean corridor. On both sides were hung silhouette paintings of ten people holding cornerstones, which gave it a mysterious atmosphere.
There was only one corridor going forward, and at the end was an elevator.
An Ming was silent. If he remembered correctly, this conference room looked like a football field from outside. How come it was so small when he came in?
Where is my conference room?
"To ensure confidentiality, the meeting room is downstairs," Topa said as he pressed the fingerprint detection area next to the elevator. The elevator door slowly opened, revealing a spacious space inside.
"People in your company really like to hide things underground..."
An Ming complained sincerely. It has been like this since the Sea of Souls, and now even the ten-person meeting room in Stone Heart is underground. If you don’t know, you would think that the company is full of groundhogs.
Topa shrugged. At first she didn't really understand the point of doing this, but she understood it after everyone had a space of at least several hundred square meters during the meeting.
This is not a meeting at all. The distance between people is almost enough for them to chat on their mobile phones. We can just go to the conference room and have an online company meeting.
The company's style has always been so luxurious, but the Shixin ten-person conference room has other uses.
After everyone entered the elevator, the door closed quietly, and the simple yet luxurious cabin, wrapped in a light wood fragrance, began to slowly sink until the entire view was swallowed up by the sticky darkness.
As the feeling of weightlessness gradually subsided, the elevator wall in front of me suddenly turned transparent and appeared as an arc-shaped glass wall cloth, reflecting the giant scale cast as bright as gold into my pupils.
Under the dome that was hundreds of meters high, the preserved golden light flowed out from the carved patterns between the scale bars, turning the light and shadow of the falling golden sand into liquid stars.
Under the golden scales, streams like stars flow, and the fine sands that symbolize value and wealth gather to form the cornerstone of energy for reshaping.
"It's time to add weight to the chips."
As a delicate hand fell, a beautiful miniature model of Pinocchio was added to the scales on one side, symbolizing the negotiation reached between the Interstellar Peace Company and the family and the "value" obtained from it.
The speed of the flowing fine sand suddenly increased, surrounding the scale like a star ring in mid-air, and one end of the scale slowly fell down.
"But don't forget... the damage to the four cornerstones exceeds the value of this mission."
As the scale fell to the left, four cornerstones shining with different lusters fell on the other side of the scale at the same time. The moment they fell on the scale pan, they all shattered into exaggerated cracks. The splashing crystals fell from the scale like star powder and dissipated into the air.
The scales instantly flipped to the other side and fell heavily!
The four broken cornerstones were teetering on the scale, while the Pinocchio at the other end looked so insignificant.
"Deprive the four Stone Hearts of their qualifications? This is an unprecedented situation," Shuju played with the clear purple Sugilite in his palm, with a hint of amusement in his eyes.
"But the oath is far more important than identity... I am in favor of punishment."
A female voice that was calm to the point of being indifferent sounded. Cang Gang, with long light blue hair, held a long sword in his hand, and beneath his snow-white eyelashes were a pair of perfect eyes.
"To what extent do you want to make outsiders laugh at you?"
Zhenzhu lightly tapped the armrest of the seat, looked at the elevator slowly descending from a high place, and exchanged glances with An Ming from a distance.
An Ming couldn't help but marvel at the thought. The Shixin Ten-Person Conference Room now looked more like a special podium, with the golden weight in the center as the center of the circle, and each of the ten people in Shixin had a seat.
"Oh? Haha... this is the reason for holding the meeting," Shu Ju smiled lightly. He had read Sha Jin's report after the Pinoconi incident. The content clearly stated how powerful An Ming was. Even the four cornerstones could not block a sword in front of him.
Although Cang Gang didn't say anything, his cold gaze was still looking at An Ming from a long distance, or to be more precise, at Wu Ye around his waist.
That is the sword that cuts off the four cornerstones, so sharp...even beyond the authority of the protector.
She couldn't imagine how dazzling the edge of such a sword would be.
"Let me introduce to you, my colleagues. This is the guest from the Star Train, the nameless guest An Ming, and Miss Fool Hanabi."
In the elevator, Topa's voice spread throughout the venue, introducing the identities of An Ming and Hua Huo to Shi Xin and the other ten people. Although An Ming's reputation had been extremely loud long before this, the introduction was purely ceremonial. As for acquaintance...how could the ten people present not know An Ming?
"The mark of preservation."
Compared to Sogang's absolute indifference, the blonde girl's voice sounds more like a gentle AI system.
The hidden mark of protection on An Ming's forehead was reflected in Amber's pupils, and she had no interest in anything else.
"Welcome, guests of the Starry Sky Train," Jade smiled gracefully at An Ming. They had met once before at Pinocchio, but of course she had met him more often on Sunday.
As for Long Jing, she seemed exceptionally taciturn. She just held a glass of bright red wine and quietly watched the elevator gradually reach its destination.
How long has it been since an outsider appeared in the Shixin Ten-member Meeting? Of course, to be more precise... this is the first time an outsider has appeared.
The elevator slowly reached the end, and when the door opened, An Ming walked out of the elevator and officially arrived at the Shixin ten-person conference room.
A layer of golden sand is suspended on the star-like stream, serving as stairs for people to walk on. When you step on the golden sand, you will feel the touch of liquid gold on the soles of your feet. Only on this golden sand can you deeply feel the shock of the weight in front of you.
It felt like having a 100-meter-high statue of Grammer's Iron Horse in your bedroom, only even more shocking.
"Welcome, Anming."
At the end of the stairs reflecting colorful light, Opal still held his pacifier in his mouth, with a smile on his face, "Welcome to Stoneheart's Libra."
"Wow... What do you think about replicating a conference room like this in our future home?" Hua Huo suggested to An Ming with great interest: "Look, every meeting of the Dream Girl takes a long time anyway, so this will be more impressive."
Obviously, Huo Huo's focus was a little subtle, but An Ming had to admit that the "meeting room" in front of him was indeed scary in its class.
If you don't know, you might think it's a Star God Conference. It turns out that even without any of the brothers present, they can still make such a grand scene. It's true that clothes make the man... At first glance, March Seven, who was placed in Opal's seat, looks like a big boss behind the scenes.
To sum up, credit points are really useful.
An Ming was not used to this kind of extremely serious meeting. In the past, he was the type of person who would just lower his head and nod in agreement in such meetings.
Not far from the stream, there is a platform that slowly descends, with sofas placed side by side on it, and drinks and fruits placed on the luxurious crystal-like table.
Hua Huo acted very calm and sat on the sofa as if she was at home. She picked up a glass of champagne, took a sip, and then asked An Ming to sit next to her.
After both people are seated, the platform begins to rise upwards until it is at the same height as the other platforms.
Only then could An Ming clearly observe the ten members of Stone Heart on the other platforms. In addition to Topaz, Gold Sand, Pearl, Emerald Dragon Crystal, with whom he had met before, there were also Shuju, Amber, Cang Gang and Opal, whom he met for the first time.
Of course, there is also a lonely statue of the God of Wealth on a platform. There seems to be no one there, but from the quietly suspended cornerstone, it can be recognized that it is the location of the agate.
"Very good, now everyone is here, let's officially start the meeting."
Opal clapped his hands, and with a violent vibration, the golden weight in the center began to slowly rotate and move, revealing the hollow transparent crystal position on the bracket just above the two ends of the balance.
"Now..." Four beams of light fell down, illuminating the platform of topaz emerald gold and dragon crystal, "you can start voting."
Of the ten Shixin members, four are removed, leaving only six who are eligible to vote.
"It's interesting, but failure is failure. I suggest that only the ten stone hearts of Shajin be deprived of their qualifications," Shuju said with an elegant smile, throwing a cornerstone to one end of the scale.
When the sugilite falls onto the scale, a transparent crystal above it lights up.
With a "click", the scale pan dropped heavily to one level.
"The loser deserves to be punished."
The blue corundum, symbolizing strength, followed closely behind, and the scale fell down one more notch.
"The ten Stonehearts have always been united, and we should bear this loss together... Moreover, the mission brings more value than just Pinocchio."
Zhenzhu spoke calmly and threw the pearl to the other end of the scale.
"neutral."
Amber said lightly, and then followed Zhenzhu to one end.
But after that, the bright red agate stone rose into the air and landed at the other end.
So the situation became two against three.
"Your mission is not over yet, for the final battle," Opal fell to the innocent end, and the two ends of the scale reached a perfect balance, three votes to three.
Hanabi, sitting on the sofa, was quite interested in the voting, especially the strong falling sound every time a cornerstone fell into the scale, which was extremely exciting.
Sometimes you have to admit that the company is really a genius in this regard, and the visual effects are simply explosive.
An Ming thought that it was a good thing that he didn't prepare popcorn for Hanabi, otherwise she would really get excited, but at this time he also turned his attention to Libra.
If the votes are tied, how will the final outcome be determined?
Long Jing showed no expression, as if he had expected the scene. However, Topa was a little confused, looking at Libra, wondering what he was thinking.
The gold dust and emerald are calmer, and their sights are directed towards the end of the scale - the end of the diamond-cast stairs.
"Since you have a heart of stone."
The crystal staircase beneath him glowed in ripples, each step suspended with a protective glow that lit up at the same moment.
The voice that I had heard before slowly sounded. At some point, at the end of the crystal stairs, a white-haired young man leaned on the throne, his diamond-like bright eyes shining with a protective light.
"We will carry out the will we bear and practice protection to the end."
The incomparable diamond flew out from the palm of his hand, and each edge flashed with brilliance, as if it was going to split into ten parts and then reunite again.
He tapped the armrest of the throne with his fingers, and the entire Libra began to resonate. The glow that had settled in the star sand turned into light particles and rose above the Libra.
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